Effects of fuel variation and inlet air temperature on combustion stability in a gas turbine model combustor

F Chen, C Ruan, T Yu, W Cai, Y Mao, X Lu - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, influences of fuel variation and inlet air temperature on the combustion stability
characteristics in a gas turbine model combustor were experimentally investigated. Test …

Preferential vaporization impacts on lean blow-out of liquid fueled combustors

SH Won, N Rock, SJ Lim, S Nates, D Carpenter… - Combustion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent experimental works have shown that the global equivalence ratio defining lean blow-
out (LBO) in model gas turbine combustors correlates with the derived cetane number …

Investigating the role of atomization on flame stability of liquid fuels in an annular spray burner

R Alsulami, B Windell, S Nates, W Wang, SH Won… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Atomization, vaporization, turbulent mixing, and the chemical kinetics of a liquid fuel impact
the combustion efficiency, stability, and emissions within IC engines. When fuels with …

Near-lean blowoff dynamics in a liquid fueled combustor

N Rock, B Emerson, J Seitzman, T Lieuwen - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes an analysis of the near-lean blow off (LBO) dynamics of spray flames,
including the influence of fuel composition upon these dynamics. It is motivated by the fact …

Liquid fuel property effects on lean blowout in an aircraft relevant combustor

N Rock, I Chterev, B Emerson… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper describes results from an experimental study on influences of liquid fuel
properties on lean blowout (LBO) limits in an aero-type combustor. In particular, this work …

Influence of single-component fuels on gas-turbine model combustor lean blowout

J Grohmann, B Rauch, T Kathrotia, W Meier… - Journal of Propulsion …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
The influence of selected single-component hydrocarbons on lean blowout behavior of swirl-
stabilized spray flames was investigated. Additional information on the spray characteristics …

Blowoff hysteresis, flame morphology and the effect of plasma in a swirling flow

J Choe, W Sun - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This study focuses on the effect of a nanosecond pulsed plasma on flame stabilization in a
model gas turbine dump combustor with an annular swirling flow. Contrary to the common …

Liquid jet fuel property impacts on combustion performance

R Alsulami, B Windom - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper investigates the influence of liquid jet fuel properties on flame lean blowout (LBO)
using an annular coflow spray burner. This behavior has been studied before; however …

Experimental study on the effect of liquid loading on n-heptane spray jet flame stability

RA Alsulami, M Sharma, B Windell… - Experimental Thermal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flame stability significantly influences the performance of a practical combustor. The
mechanisms governing the stability limits of spray jet flames are examined here using an …

[HTML][HTML] An FV-EE model to predict lean blowout limits for gas turbine combustors with different structures and sprays

W Xiwei, Y Huang, LIU Yunfeng, WU Yufan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The occurrence of Lean Blowout (LBO) is a disadvantage that endangers a stable
operation of gas turbines. A determination of LBO limits is essential in the design of gas …